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“Our association with the collectiveexpertise of Manoj and his team fromExpense Reduction Analysts, coupledwith their ability to understand ourneeds and requirements, has led toreal savings being achieved.”
Expense Reduction Analysts Success Stories
Expense Reduction Analyst ManojPabari has worked closely with IncoEurope Limited after being engaged bySandra Smaill, Refinery Manager andMike Shepherd, Production Manager ofthe Acton Refinery. Mike explains:
“Inco’s Acton Refinery is located on thePark Royal Estate, about eight milesfrom the centre of London. Over its 80years of operation it has developed intoone of the world’s major refiners ofplatinum group metals. The Refineryreceives feed from Inco's miningoperations in Canada and also fromother UK, European and internationalsources.”
“Like many global companies Inco continuesto face cost challenges on a number offronts. The company as a whole is workinghard to offset the impact of uncontrollablecost increases by profit improvementwherever possible and it was with this inmind that we decided to engage ExpenseReduction Analyst Manoj Pabari and his teamto review the cost of key supplies andcontracts, including major bulk chemicalreagents, energy supply, safety equipmentand work wear.”
quantifiable cost reductions. The profitimprovement obtained would have beendifficult to achieve in the same time frame,with Inco’s more limited local resources.”
Expense Reduction Analysts, David Little hasjust completed a review of Inco’s wastedisposal and management. They wereparticularly pleased by David’s ability toturn around this complex project in a veryshort period of time, achieve real profitimprovement and consolidate supplierrelations.
Further to Expense Reduction Analyst’sinvolvement, Inco has been able to budgetmore confidently and is now keen to useExpense Reduction Analysts to exploreother areas of the business in order toachieve further profit improvement. Manojhas agreed to conduct reviews on a number of remaining chemicals and to investigateexpenditure upon cylinder gases.Discussions about Manoj being retained by Inco in the future to perform normalconsultancy and contingency work are alsowell progressed.
INCO Profile
Inco Limited is a Canadian-based globalcompany with operations and an extensivemarketing network in over 40 countries. It is one of the world’s premier mining andmetals companies and the world’s secondlargest producer of nickel. It is also animportant producer of copper, cobalt,precious metals and platinum-group metals and a major producer of specialitynickel-based products.
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Table of Savings
Category Saving (%)Fuel gas consumption 38%Work wear 31%Chemical 1 11%Chemical 2 22%Chemical 3 7%Chemical 4 45%Heating Oil 5%Waste 5%
Digging deep to findgreat profits for INCO
Mike ShepherdProduction Manager
Manoj himself, due to his own expertise inthis specialist area, carried out a series ofchemicals reviews. He then invited fellowExpense Reduction Analyst consultantsSteve Parrott and Ken Rogers to investigateexpenditure upon work wear and heatingoil respectively, with each review resultingin savings for Inco.
Mike continues: “Expense ReductionAnalysts’ approach is professional andstraightforward and Manoj and his teamtook the time to explain each step of theprocess. They have used their wealth ofsupplier and pricing knowledge, plustechnical know how to deliver real,